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Billfaster secures €330,000 investment
Billfaster, a start-up based at the Media Cube in Dun Laoghaire, recently secured €330,000 (including an Enterprise Ireland contribution) through the High Potential Startup Program (HPSU). Billfaster provides an online solution to SMEs to more effectively manage invoicing and cash flow. The investment will allow Billfaster to scale its global business. It currently has over...
VCs invited to network with NDCR start-ups
The National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) has invited venture capital (VC) and angel investors to join the audience at the ‘Lift-Off’ half day competition taking place at the NDRC on the 8th December from 8.30am. 15 early stage digital start-up companies currently participating in NDRC’s LaunchPad Accelerator will pitch to a panel of committed venture...
‘Hack the City’ – Dublin becomes Europe’s ‘City of Science 2012’
Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin has launched its 2012 programme of exhibitions, events and workshops. Dublin, as you may know, is Europe’s City of Science 2012. Summer 2012 will see Dublin become “an urban playground for hackers and innovators”. A major interactive exhibition and festival called Hack the City will be organised by Science...
Microsoft’s purchase of VideoSurf hints at future of TV
Microsoft’s acquisition of video search firm VideoSurf (for $100m) gives an indication of how it intends to develop its Bing search engine but also how it sees Xbox Live developing. VideoSurf specialises in video search technology that scans video sites for results – sites like DailyMotion, YouTube, Metacafe and Hulu. It has developed to include...
Financial software firm to open R&D centre in Dublin
Software development firm Misys will establish a new R&D team in Dublin, creating 35 new jobs. Misys is a developer of software solutions for the financial services industry. The company already employs over 100 people in Dublin at its two software development centres; Misys International Banking Systems Limited and Sophis Technology (Ireland) Limited. A dedicated...
Retail price intelligence firm Profitero raises €750,000
Profitero, a start-up company that provides pricing intelligence to retailers, has secured a €750,000 investment from the Bank of Ireland Start-up and Emerging Sectors Equity Fund, managed by Delta Partners. Profitero, established in 2010, offers an online service to retailers for monitoring their competitors’ prices, stock availability and shipping charges. “Profitero is an example of...
€26 million waiting for tech start-ups
The Northern Ireland based intelligent crowd funding site Seedups says it has a €26,000,000 investment pool available for tech startups. Seedups was founded by Michael Faulkner in 2010 as a means of connecting tech-startups with tech-savvy investors. Seedups uses a “wisdom of crowd” matching engine to give a fair valuation of a startup’s worth. Investors...
Outside all the walled gardens is the mobile web
Is the the app store model just a fad, a blip in the progress of the open, mobile web? Ruadhan O’Donoghue of dotMobi examines the issue. Everyone with an iPhone knows what an app is. They know what the app store is, and they know how to get new apps onto their phone. The app...
Contract-free broadband arrives
Broadband provider Magnet says it is first to the Irish market with a contract-free broadband service. The product, ‘Simply Broadband’, costs €40 per month. It delivers up to 24Mb download speeds, has no usage limits and is available to 650,000 homes throughout Ireland. “People are reluctant to get tied into a contract but, when it...
International tech summit starts in Kildare
Today (November 7th), sees the opening of a week-long international technology summit in Leixlip, Co Kildare. The 10th annual NetHope Global Member Summit is hosted by Concern Worldwide. Senior management from leading technology companies will meet with tech leaders and professionals drawn from NetHope’s membership of 33 of the world’s key humanitarian, development and emergency...
How Microsoft imagines 2020
How do you imagine the year 2020? Flying cars obviously and Richard Branson will probably open his first Moon hotel, ‘The Virgin Moon Rooms’. There will be 10 billion people living on earth and the biggest threat to humanity will come from computer viruses rather than biological ones. Oh, and everyone will have a smartphone...
LaunchPad programme for digital entrepreneurs
The NDRC (National Digital Research Centre) says it is now open for applications to the LaunchPad investment programme. Ranked in the ‘Top 10’ EU Accelerator programmes 2011, nominated for Best European Accelerator at The Europas, and producing award winning startups such as Redeem&Get, NDRC LaunchPad has a track record in developing technology entrepreneurs with early...
